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James Hardie Industries PLC. (JHX) vs United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (USLM)

James Hardie Industries PLC. and United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. are both Building Materials companies. James Hardie Industries PLC. is the larger, with a market value of $15.8B against $3.2B — 4.9× the size. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 25.5× against 111×. James Hardie Industries PLC. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.9% against 7.00%. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. has the higher net margin (35.7% vs 2.69%) and the higher return on invested capital (33.9% vs 3.17%). Across the 22 metrics below, United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. leads on 16 and James Hardie Industries PLC. on 6.

Valuation

Metric JHX USLM Building Materials median
P/E 111.36 25.50 18.86
P/S 2.99 9.10 1.65
P/B 2.47 4.93 2.36
Price to free cash flow 34.77 37.25 29.97
EV/EBITDA 17.65 16.55 10.18
EV/Sales 3.70 8.11 1.91
Earnings yield 0.90% 3.92% 4.68%
Free cash flow yield 2.88% 2.68% 2.82%

Profitability

Metric JHX USLM Building Materials median
Gross margin 35.88% 48.51% 27.25%
Operating margin 9.73% 42.11% 14.50%
Net margin 2.69% 35.66% 9.60%
Free cash flow margin 8.59% 24.44% 7.91%
Return on equity 3.31% 21.35% 11.23%
Return on assets 1.44% 19.84% 5.93%
Return on invested capital 3.17% 33.85% 6.51%

Growth

Metric JHX USLM Building Materials median
Revenue growth (TTM) 42.93% 7.00% 6.29%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (80.61%) 23.22% 0.64%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.70% 18.32% 7.63%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (16.92%) 36.61% 7.04%

Health

Metric JHX USLM Building Materials median
Debt to equity 0.67 0.00 0.52
Current ratio 1.59 27.54 1.46
Net debt to EBITDA 4.35 (2.03) 1.62

Dividend

Metric JHX USLM Building Materials median
Dividend yield — 0.20% 0.94%
Payout ratio — 0.05 0.19

Size

Metric JHX USLM Building Materials median
Market cap 15.81b 3.20b 3.20b

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